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The account of the beheading of Holofernes by Judith is given in the deuterocanonical Book of Judith, and is the subject of many paintings and sculptures from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. In the story, Judith, a beautiful widow, is able to enter the tent of Holofernes because of his desire for her.
Judith Beheading Holofernes is a painting of the biblical episode by Caravaggio, painted in c. 1598–1599 or 1602, [1] in which the widow Judith stayed with the Assyrian general Holofernes in his tent after a banquet then decapitated him after he passed out drunk. [2]
Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Slaying Holofernes, c 1612, Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy. This history is relevant as Gentileschi's early life has come to inform the perspectives of many contemporary feminist art historians, including Mary Garrard, [6] and particularly in the case of Judith Slaying Holofernes.
Donatello's Judith and Holofernes sought to symbolize the theme of pride in Holofernes and stands as a cautionary tale to the Medici family. [11] Writer Roger J. Crum notes that, "Judith's gesture, pulling back the general's head, renders sure her next blow, it also makes the neck all the more visible.
Artemisia Gentileschi's painting Judith Slaying Holofernes, 1614–1620 Judith with the Head of Holofernes by Cristofano Allori, 1613. Holofernes (Ancient Greek: Ὀλοφέρνης; Hebrew: הולופרנס) was an invading Assyrian general in the Book of Judith, who was beheaded by Judith who entered his camp and decapitated him while he was intoxicated.
English: Two women pin down a man on a bed. With one hand, Judith holds his head; with the other, she slices his throat with a long sword. The intensity of the scene is highlighted by the dripping blood soaking the white bed sheets and the man's eyes wide open — conscious, but helpless.
Judith and Her Maidservant is a painting by the Italian baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi. Executed sometime between 1645 and 1650, it hangs in the Museo di Capodimonte in Naples. The story comes from the deuterocanonical Book of Judith , in which Judith seduces and then assassinates the general Holofernes, who had besieged Judith's town.
Judith with the Head of Holofernes and Judith Holding the Head of Holofernes are names given to two paintings by Cristofano Allori carried out between 1610 and 1613.